How tall can you build with 54 Jenga blocks?
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How tall can you build with 54 Jenga blocks? was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 9 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #25 of 29, reached on Nov 7, 03:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 05:52 UTC.
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The assumption that the tower would fall over at a certain floor tilt seems to rest on the premise that the opposing sides of a Jenga block are perfectly flat and parallel, and orthogonal to one another. If they aren't then the blocks can be rotated relative to one another to cancel out floor unevenness.
Can’t some of these easily be improved upon? For example, for the 12.5°, 15° and 20° ones, replace the two blocks in the top layer by the construction used for the top two blocks in the 25° record. Also, I think “A lone upright block tips over at 11.3° in its thin direction” doesn’t imply “no matter what you do to…
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#25 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 7, 03:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (9 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
5 points and 3 comments; submitted by johnjwang on Nov 5, 2026.